Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Continuing the obedience unit we moved on to kings and queens specifically of the Middle Ages. During our first week we focused on how castles were built, why they were used and what the many different aspects of the castle were created for. Although the children read quite a few books on the subject, my favorite was Castle by David Macaulay along with the DVD by the same name.

At co-op we built a play castle out of cardboard boxes. We used a refrigerator box, a stove box and a dresser box for the main rooms, two cylindrical rollers from a nearby factory that produces huge rolls of sticky paper and a smaller box for the turret details.

Once the boxes were assembled with cone roofs on the towers and doorways cut out we moved the entire castle into my garage just in time for the rain to start. This is where we had the kids paint the castle gray. Since the gray paint would not be dry before the kids had to leave I promised to paint the black block lines onto it during the week so they could play inside at the next co-op. And thank goodness hubby was around later in the week to help with that because I never would have had it done otherwise.

Their completed castle has three rooms, two towers, a working drawbridge affixed with chains and a moat which is thankfully free of alligators. The best part is that the kids can play inside of this creation of their own each week before and after co-op.

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I am a Christian first and foremost. I love my saviour and I thank Jesus everyday for giving His life so that I can go to Heaven and live with the Father when my earthly body dies. I believe salvation does not come from works or being a "good person" but from a deep down acceptance of Jesus Christ as your Lord and saviour. God loves each one of us no matter how sinful we believe ourselves to be, we are His creations. If you have not made the choice to build a relationship with God, you probably feel like something is missing in your life. Won't you talk to Him today?

I am also a wife and mother. The Lord has blessed us with three beautiful children and we choose to homeschool them so that we might "train them up in the way they should go..." (Proverbs 22:6) We did send our oldest daughter to school for a few years but decided to keep her at home after the third grade. Although we wondered if we were making the right choice at the time, we can now clearly see this was one of the best decisions we've ever made as parents and we give all the glory to God for His guidance.

We are now in our seventh year of homeschooling. Our oldest is in her second year of high school, very official now and beginning to prepare for college and the big world beyond;) Our son is in fourth grade and our youngest is in the second grade. Watching your child learn and grow more confident in their faith and God-given abilities is priceless.

May the Lord touch your heart in a way that will bring glory and honor to the throne is my prayer for you today. :)